Edition |
Director-approved blu-ray special edition. |
Description |
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 x 70 cm, folded to 12 x 19 cm). |
Playing Time |
020100 |
Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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stamping rdapm |
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polychrome rdacc |
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color |
Description |
digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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surround rdacpc |
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DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 |
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sound rdasco |
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wide screen rdaar |
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video file rdaft |
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Blu-ray |
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1080p high definition |
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region A rdare |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
Series |
The Criterion collection ; 1110 |
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Criterion collection ; 1110.
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System Details |
Blu-ray, region A; wide screen (1.85:1); DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround; requires Blu-ray player. |
Note |
Optional English subtitles for the hearing-impaired (SDH). |
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Title and credits from screen. |
Cast |
Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin, Kerry Walker, Cliff Curtis. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Stuart Dryburgh ; editor, Veronika Jenet ; music, Michael Nyman. |
Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1993. |
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Wide screen (1.85:1). |
Audience |
MPAA rating: R; for moments of extremely graphic sexuality. |
Summary |
With this sublimely stirring fable of desire and creativity, Jane Campion became the first woman to win a Palme d'Or at Cannes. Holly Hunter is achingly eloquent through the silence in her Academy Award-winning performance as Ada, an electively mute Scottish woman who expresses her innermost feelings through her beloved piano. When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter to the wilderness of nineteenth-century New Zealand, she finds herself locked in a battle of wills with both her ineffectual husband and a rugged frontiersman to whom she develops a forbidden attraction. With its sensuously moody cinematography, dramatic coastal landscapes, and a sweeping score, this uniquely timeless evocation of a woman's inner awakening is an intoxicating sensory experience that burns with the twin fires of music and erotic passion. |
Note |
Special features: commentary soundtrack recorded in 2006 by Jane Campion and Jan Chapman; new conversation between Campion and film critic Amy Taubin; The piano: 25 years on (2018 converstion with Jane Campion and Jan Chapman); Michael Nyman (2005 interview with the film composer); new interviews with Dryburgh and production designer Andrew McAlpine; interview with actor Holly Hunter on working with Campion; The piano at 25, a program featuring a conversation between Campion and producer Jan Chapman; excerpts from an interview with costume designer Janet Patterson; Waihoroi Shortland (2021 interview with the film's advisor); Water diary, a 2006 short film by Campion; trailer. |
Language |
English and Maori dialogue with English subtitles. |
Subject |
Mute persons -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Mothers and daughters -- New Zealand -- Drama.
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Pianists -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships. (OCoLC)fst01007080
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Mothers and daughters. (OCoLC)fst01026997
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Mute persons. (OCoLC)fst01031157
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Pianists. (OCoLC)fst01063351
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New Zealand. (OCoLC)fst01204542
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Genre/Form |
Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Added Author |
Campion, Jane, 1954- screenwriter, film director.
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Chapman, Jan, film producer.
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Hunter, Holly, 1958- actor.
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Keitel, Harvey, actor.
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Neill, Sam, actor.
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Paquin, Anna, actor.
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Walker, Kerry, 1948- actor.
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Curtis, Cliff, 1968- actor.
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CIBY 2000 (Firm), presenter.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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ISBN |
9781681439082 |
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1681439085 |
Standard No. |
715515267717 |
Music No. |
CC3326BD The Criterion Collection |
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